October 2005

• October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05

  Flawed patch hits Windows users

  A critical Microsoft patch released last week is causing operational problems for some users, Microsoft has admitted.  Continue Reading

• October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05

  One-time password technology to beef up chip and Pin card security

  Banks are to roll out a new type of chip and Pin card that will offer consumers secure access to online accounts and improve the security of paying for goods online.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Hewlett-Packard user details could go under the hammer

  The personal and commercial details of around 100,000 Hewlett-Packard users could be sold to the highest bidder later this month.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Bug stalls OpenOffice anniversary launch

  The discovery of a bug at the eleventh hour has delayed the launch of the open source OpenOffice.org collaboration suite for another week.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Spamming gang fined £22m

  Massachusetts law enforcement officers are searching for the leaders of a Russian-led internet spamming gang, after their operation was shut down and fined £22m this week.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Adobe cleared to take over Macromedia

  The US Department of Justice has cleared Adobe Systems' proposed £2bn acquisition of Macromedia.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Larry Ellison launches storage company in Europe

  This week’s Storage Expo exhibition in London saw the launch of Larry Ellison’s new storage company, Pillar Data Systems, which is offering users a single product for controlling both NAS and SAN data storage systems.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  BT plans 8mbps broadband nationwide

  BT is planning to quadruple basic broadband connectivity speeds to 8mbps nationwide.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Samsung pays £170m fine for memory price-fixing

  Samsung is the latest company to admit fixing memory product prices in the US market and has agreed to pay a £170m fine as part of an ongoing antitrust case against other companies.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Veritas patches latest back-up security flaw

  Veritas has patched a security flaw in its Java authentication service running on the firm’s NetBackup products.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Open source MySQL version 5 expected next month

  Version 5 of the open source MySQL database is expected to be released next month.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Networking skills shortage threat

  UK employers will face a shortfall in IT professionals with advanced networking skills within three years, analyst firm IDC has warned.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Alfresco to launch open source ECM system

  London-based software company Alfresco is about to release an open source enterprise content management (ECM) system to help organisations keep track of their electronic data.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Oasis focuses on web services app integration

  Standards body Oasis, the Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, has announced an initiative to define a set of protocols that will standardise the integration of applications in service oriented architectures.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Ericsson and Nokia promote new mobile frequency band

  Ericsson and Nokia are promoting the use of a new digital mobile frequency band to make sure operators can reach all mobile users.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2005 14 Oct'05

  Citrix launches 64-bit Presentation Server

  Citrix has made available the first 64-bit version of its application virtualisation system, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, which is expected to make application performance and network file transfers significantly speedier than the 32-bit version.  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05

  IT investment rising

  UK business spend on IT is on the up, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05

  Poor performance dogs CRM

  Getting a better view of your customers is essential for you business growth but you may well find it hard to find technology out there to service your needs.  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05

  Timeout called for PCs

  Companies must equip their PCs with 'timeouts' to prevent unauthorised people accessing sensitive information.  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05

  UK firms fail to measure up security

  UK companies' inability to measure security risks accurately makes them vulnerable to attack, suggests new research.  Continue Reading